The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-22
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july |, 1881, or running after that date vehicles
for the transportation of goods, wares or lner-
chandise, OF keeping or using for pleasure or
convenience any vehicle or vehicles which were
not run before that date, upon making prompt
return of the same within ten days after such
business has commenced, or such vehicles have
been run, he or they shall be taxed one-half of
the yearly tax assessed by this ordinance, pro-
vided such tax be paid within fifteen days after
such return, otherwise the entire tax shall be
collected
SEC. IL. If any person or corporation shall re-
fuse or neglect to pay any tax required by this
ordinance, within thirty days after the same
shall be due and payable as above provided, or
shall neglect or refuse TO pay any double tax
assessed as above provided for, twenty days
after notice has been served on such person or
corporation of such assessment, the City Treas
urer shall issue execution therefor, and for the
further sum of one dollar for costs and the City
Marshal shall proceed with such executions in
the same manner Sheriff does under eXecu-
tons from the Superior Courts Of this
State, subject to the provisions of the
act of the General Assembly of the
State of Georgia, passed February q, 1887.
Every person or corporation who shall pay his
or its taxes on real or personal property, or
both promptly within fifteen days after the
first of April, July, October and January, the
time herein specified for the payment thereof,
shall be entitled to deduction of ten per centum'
of the amount thereof, and the City Treasurer
is hereby directed to make such deduction upon
the receipt of the tax; and every person or cor
poration who shall pay any other taxes required
by this ordinance promptly within thirty days
after the same shall become due shall be enti-
tied to deduction of ten per centum OF the
amount thereof, and the City Treasurer is hereby
directed to make such deduction upon the re-
ceipt of the tax.
SEC. 49, Every person transacting or offer.
ing to transact eithec of the kinds of business
hereinafter named; who are in business on the
first day of January, 1885, shall, within thirty
days after the first day of January, 1888 take
out license therefor, viz: every auctioneer;
every broker; every commission merchant;
every plumber; every barber, and all others do
ing business without any stock in trade; every
owner or lessee of a junk shop or cotton pick
cry; every junk dealer; every vendor of small
wares, huckster. banker, including dealers in
ice cream, fruit and poultry, keeper of cook
stove or cook shop; and it is hereby declared TO
be the meaning of this ordinance that the
license granted to an auctioneer shall not au-
thorize such auctioneer to sell for any transient
dealer, unless such transient dealer has first
paid all taxes required of him by this ordinance
Every licensed auctioneer shall have the
privilege of appointing one assistant crier, whose
name shall be recorded in the Treasurers Office
and entered on the license issued And no per
son shall be permitted to be an auctioneer or
vendue master until he shall have complied
with the conditions contained in section 1875 of
the Revised Code of Georgia, known as the
Code of 1892. And in every license taken out
by the owner or lessee of junk saopor cotton
pickery or by junk dealer, it shall be dis
tinctly expressed that such junk shop, or cot
ton pickery, or junk dealer, shall always be
stbiect to the visitation of the police of the city,
and that such persons shall not purchase from
any one underth age of sixteen years dupli-
cate of which license, signed by the person or
persons taking out the same, and expressing
his or their assent to such conditions shall be
retained by the City Treasurer, and on refusal to
submit at any time to such visitation, or on
conviction in the Police Court of having pur-
chased from any one under the age of sixteen
years, such license shall be revoked, ana such
Junk shop or cotton pickery shall Immediately
be closed by the Mayor. And every such Junk
shop, junk dealer or cotton pickery license shall
be subject to the further condition that the
same shall be subject TO revocation by the
Mayor, if, on examination before him in the
Police Court, he shall be satisfied and shall so
pronounce that any city, corporation or pri-
vate property is found in any such junk shop,
or in the possession of any junk dealer; and
such condition shall be expressed In the license
of every such junk shop or dealer
Every person required by the provisions of this
section and by the ordinance passed in Council
March II, 1888, in reference to taking out
licenses, who shall commence to transact or
offer to transact in this city any of the kinds of
business mentioned in this section, after the first
dav of January. 1888, shall take out license be-
fore commencing business, as provided in said
ordinance passed March II, 1853 which said or
dinance is OF force.
The license herein provided for shall be issued
by the City Treasurer And If any person trans
acting or offering to transact, in said city, either
of the kinds of business in this section specified,
shall be found without such license displayed IN
a conspicuous manner in his, her or their place
of business, he or she shall, on conviction there
of in the Police Court, be fined in a sum not ex-
ceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not
more than thirty days, or both, in the discretion
of the court. -s-- t.t .
SEC. H. On and after the first day of January.
1898, the price of license to sell malt, vinous
or spirituous liquors at retail within the corpo-
rate and juriSdictional limits of said city for
one year, shall be two hundred dollars net,
without discount; but license to sell at retail
may be issued upon paying one-fourth OF the
sum due for yearly license and upon giving
notes with Endorsements or sureties satisfactory
fof he Mn to N
other three-fourths of said sum in three equal
payments on the twelfth of March, twelfth OF
June and twelfth of September, 1887, the said
payments to he made whether person giving
notes or surety shall go out of business or not;
and the applicant shall be required to submit rs
securities two responsible freehOIders of this
city prerequisite TO the issue OF said license;
mo officer, clerk or employe OF The Guy
shall be taken as security on such bonds, aud II
shall be the duty of the Mayor to pass upon
such bonds before any license is issued hereun-
der, and no license for the sale of malt vinous
or sprituous liquors, shall cover any other OuSl-
ness whatever than the sale of malt, vinous or
spirituous liquors, and shall apply to but one
place for the sale of said liquors. whether under
one roof or otherwise, under a penalty OF not
more than one hundred dollars, And no bar
room shall be licensed which has not an entrance
to it separate and distinct from the entrance 10
the dwelling; and the license shall be forfeited
for a second violation of any State law or city
ordnance and in the case of forfeiture. the
license shall not be renewed for the space OF two
years, exceIb Dg Uni peTulioSlOn VI OouiiCbs
And it shall be the duty of the Clerk Of Coun-
Gil to publish quarterly an alphabetical list of
all persons licensed to sell liquors aforesaid.
All such licenses shall be taken out by persons
already engaged in business within thirty days
after the first day of January, 1888, and in the
case of persons wishing to commence business
later in the year, before commencing business;
and any dealer in liquors as aforesaid, falling or
refusing to take out Il license to sell liquors as
aforesaid, shall be liable TO a penalty OF not
more than one hundred dollars for every day
any such person may sell without license, or
be imprisoned for thirty days, or both
Every drummer, runnen or other person,
whether resident of this city or elsewhere,
mes, in this city, dealing in malt, vinous or
sprituous liquors, transacting or offering TO
transact such business shall pay the same tax
required Of resident and stationary dealers in
malt. vnous or spurious liquors
SEC. IS. Every person transactiDg or offering
to transact the business of transporting car
rying goods, ETC., passengers or baggage for
hire, by means of wagons, drays, trucks or
other vehicles; and every keeper of public or
livery stable employing such vehicles in his bust
ness and every other person keeping and using
vehicles ia other kinds of business, shall, upon
paying the tax hereinbefore prescribed, take
out badge, which will be furnished by the City
Treasurer for each vehicle to be employed in
such business (the number of vehicles to be
employed to be stated on OATH, which she'll be
placed in a conspicuous place on such vehicle
except vehicles Kept by keepers Of public or
livery stables to be let for hire, and vehicles
used for pleasure or convenence--and any per
son using or employing any vehicle on sucn busi-
ness, without such badge affixed except as
aforesaid, shall, on conviction thereof in tho
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